The company strengthens its board of directors through new appointments, with the aim of continuing its strategic growth program, making the Everywhere Workplace possible and safe around the world.
Ivanti Inc., the automation platform that discovers, manages, protects and supports IT assets from the cloud to the edge, has named Jeff Abbott as the company's new CEO. Taking office on October 1, 2021, Abbott succeeded Jim Schaper. Ivanti is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., TA Associates, and Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC (together with their affiliates, “Clearlake,” “TA,” and “Charlesbank”).
Abbott has been President of the company since January 2020. Together with Schaper, he has led Ivanti to achieve the incredible results recorded over the last 18 months: the company has more than doubled its revenue, exceeding the billion dollars and has continued to invest in its customers and employees with an organic growth and acquisition strategy.
“Jeff is a natural leader and has been instrumental in achieving the success of Ivanti's last two years. I am delighted to witness the company continue to grow at an ever-increasing pace under his leadership,” he said Jim Schaper. “This transition was always planned from the beginning. I am convinced that Jeff will continue to follow the company's path, committed to making the Everywhere Workplace possible and safe. Ivanti has leaders who drive great results for our customers and partners, while ensuring we foster a collaborative culture and create great opportunities for our people."
Abbott has more than 25 years of experience in large software and services companies, such as Accenture, Oracle and Infor. As President of Ivanti, he oversaw all aspects of product and go-to-market strategy and execution, including solution development and management, marketing, global sales, customer experience and operations. Thanks to the latest acquisitions - among others Pulse Secure, MobileIron, Cherwell and, more recently, RiskSense - Ivanti has strengthened its solutions, creating a complete security structure, founded on the Zero Trust model, and an IT services architecture capable to resolve the critical issues that arise in the new working environment.
Ivanti also announced three new appointments to the board of directors. Abbott will join the latter with the new presidents Chris Heim e Dan Mayleben, industry leaders experienced in driving growth, generating long-term value in software companies.
“I joined Ivanti because I saw an opportunity to address IT and employee needs and enable the Everywhere Workplace,” said Abbott. “Considering the high expectations of users and the constant growth of cyberattacks, we can take advantage of these circumstances by further pushing our solutions. I have greatly appreciated Jim's partnership over the years and am thrilled to both continue the partnership with Clearlake, TA and Charlesbank and welcome Chris Heim and Dan Mayleben to our board of directors.”
Home is the executive chairman of HelpSystems, a cybersecurity and automation company of which he was previously CEO, while maybe he is part of its board of directors. At the company he served as CFO, working with Heim to triple the size of the company through investments in cybersecurity and building a large company that today offers critical infrastructure software to more than 20 thousand customers around the world. The two managers have played an integral role in determining the growth and success of many other software companies and have been partners of TA and Charlesbank for several years.
“Chris and Dan bring a wealth of experience to the Ivanti board of directors,” he noted Abbott.“They have an excellent track record in this area, having worked with management teams to increase the development of companies. We look forward to leveraging their strategic insights to improve our path forward.”
“We are all thrilled to be partnering with Jeff as CEO and believe he is the right person to lead Ivanti into a new chapter in its history,” they say Behdad Eghbali, Founder and managing partner of Clearlake, Harry Taylor, CEO of TA, and Hiren Mankodi, CEO of Charlesbank. “We thank Jim, Jeff and the entire organization for their contributions to Ivanti's rapid growth in such a short time and welcome Chris and Dan to the board of directors.”
